what we have been up to...

Got to go out to dinner with a few friends for my birthday:) LOVE you guys! Thanks for being there for every up and down. I couldn't ask for better friends!

Abbie had her 2 BFF's over for her birthday. We got in our pj's and went to cold stone. Came back and they washed their pigs

So they could have a little pedicure!

I spent the night away at figwart camp with these cuties! Super fun night laughing, eating and of course shopping:)

St. Patrick's day was full of GREEN!

Green oatmeal for breakfast

GREEN pancakes and milk for dinner.

Throwing away lots of crayons for OBVIOUSE reasons!

Sporting this new look! Brought to you today by Ella.

How you ask?? A wrestling match gone wrong.

I did tell people at church that I broke up a robbery at the local Mavrick. It sounded better than "my baby poked me in the eye"

Never fear it looks worse than it feels:)

LOVES!!!

thursdays thoughts...

So this weeks has been chuck full of wonderfulness. Josh has been in Washington D.C. for service chief training and so I have been solo for a week. I really do not like when he travels mostly because we all miss him but the craziest things happen when he's gone.

Carbon monoxide detectors going off for a couple of hours. Call Questar they send someone to test. His keeps his butt crack in his pants this time and tells me to buy new detectors.

 AWESOME!

wake up to find my toilet wont flush. Call Josh and he walks me through how to fix it. AWESOME!

Mckena cuts two chunks out of the back of her hair. Then hides the hair behind the toilet because she thinks i'll never find it there. I asked her if she likes being in trouble. Sobbing she says, "mostly"

AWESOME!

Changed El's diaper this morning. Take the bundle out to the garbage. When I go up to wash my hands I get side tracked by the scissors on the counter. Start the search for what has been cut. Forgetting to wash my hands!!! YUP- caught off track by the new "hairstylist" I had been all over my house doing various things with poo hands. YUMMY! Let the disinfecting begin!

AWESOME! 

miss abbie turns nine!

I still cant believe that nine years ago I gave birth to this amazing little person.

Being Abbie's mom has given me the opportunity to learn some amazing lessons. I have never met anyone like her.

Her spirit is older than her body. She has an amazing testimony of the Savior and His role in her life. She has an ability to look on the bright side of things and see the best in others. Abbie has this incredible drive to do things and believes all things are possible. She has a contagious laugh and the sweetest personality. SUPER responsible and the best big sister ever!!!

Abbies favorites:

Food: hawaiian haystacks

Candy: caramels

Color: blue & Green

School subject: art

Hobbies: soccer, basketball, piano

LOVES- lip-gloss, sleeping in, SHOPPING, shoes, grapes, and most of all playing with her B.F.F's Sarah and Aleya.

We {LOVE} you Abbie!

HaPpY BiRthDAy!!!

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On Saturday morning the little lady was running around like crazy!!! Once the packing, cleaning, instructions, hugs, kisses, and a quick photo were taken they headed out the door.

First stop the pharmacy. I know what your thinking, this little lady needs to learn how to go on vacation!!! Well a Mommy's work is never done;) Then to the temple that the little lady and the hunk-a-hunk of burnin love were married at:) Beautiful and peaceful. Just what they needed. After a quick wardrobe change in a parking lot they headed to Good Wood for a little bit... OK a LOT a bit of BBQ. YUMMY!!! With their tummies full it was off to Park City for shopping. The little lady was in heaven and the hunk-a-hunk of burnin love did a great job of holding the bags and trying on some really awesome sunglasses. Do you see the bling bling??

They checked into their hotel and went to dinner and the movies.

The little lady and the hunk-a-hunk of burnin love had a wonderful time just being together. Lots of yummy food, laughing, hand holding, talking, and a few things that are still none of your business;)

Promises were made that they would not go another 5 years before they went away together. They returned home to their little people who were alive and smiling! (way to go Aunt Monica!!)

 The hunk-a-hunk of burnin love unpacked while the little lady got dinner together for the littles, 

and they lived happily ever after:)

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